SLUM - adverbs• BEHIND THE BRIDGE in any ghetto or slum ...1992 Trinidad and Tobago

SLUM - nouns• BAD LANDS a dangerous slum section of a city, esp. Chicago ...1892 Amer. sl.• BILLY-GOAT ALLEY the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place ...1969 Amer. dial.• BILLY-GOAT HILL the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place ...1935 Amer. dial.• CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum ...1967 sl.• SHANTY TOWN a poor or depressed area of a city or town, consisting of shanties or huts, etc.• SLUM-BOX a typical example of slum housing ...1920s sl.• WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS a socially and economically inferior neighbourhood; the slums ...1943 Amer. sl.

SMACK, SMACKING - nouns• BADGER-REISHILL† a severe or resounding blow; a sounding smack ...1825 Sc.• DASHES a smacking ...20C Brit. sl.• HANDSEL guerdon, reward; also ironically, a punishment, a smack of the hand ...1892 Sc.• HIPSY-DIPSY a castigation; a 'skelping' on the buttocks (skelping - a smack, slap, or blow given with the open hand on the buttocks) ...1881 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.• PADDYWHACK a severe beating; a smacking, usually of a child; a blow ...1898 sl.• SKELP a blow, esp. one given with the flat of the hand, or with something having a flat surface; a slap, a smack; also, the noise made by such a blow ...c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.• SKELPING a blow struck with something flat; a slap, a smack ...1818 Eng. dial.• UNCLE MAC a smack ...1992 UK rhyming sl.•WHISTERCLISTER a smart blow or smack, especially on the ear or the side of the head; a backhand slap ...1787 Eng. dial.

SMALL - nouns• BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger ...1859• CHICKEN COOP any small place ...1900s US sl.• DINKY a small contrivance, esp. a small boat or locomotive ...M19• DOFLICKETY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• DOFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• DOOFLICKER any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• DUFLICKETY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• DUFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S ASS something small ...1954 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S BRISTLE something small ...1905 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S EAR something small ...1965 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S EYE something small ...1965 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S EYEBROW anything very small ...c1950 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S EYELASH something small ...1965 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S HAIR something small ...1940 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S HEEL something small ...1903 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S TAIL something small ...1935 Amer. dial.• GNAT'S TOE-NAIL anything very small ...1908 Amer. dial.• GOOLTHRITE any small, wizened, puckered object ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• ICTER a small or delicate thing or person ...1918 Amer. dial.• JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota ...1596• KEB any creature small of its kind, esp. an infant ...Bk1902 Sc.• KUDGY something very small ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• LITTLE END OF NOTHING something very small, unimportant, or insignificant ...1825 Amer. dial.• MESS a term of contempt for anything small, weak, or insignificant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• MIDGE a person of diminutive stature; anything very small ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.• MIDGE-CLIPPINGS anything very small and delicate ...B1900 Eng. dial.• MIDGE'S KNEE-BUCKLE a very small article ...Bk1905 N. Ireland• MINIMUSa creature of the smallest size; a dwarf; a small or insignificant person ...1590• NEFFOW anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.• NIFF-NAFFa trifling or unimportant thing or matter; something of little value; a knick-knack, a trifle, a bauble; anything very small ...1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.• NIVVIL anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.• PARVITUDE † an absolutely small or minute thing ...1653• PEANUT a small or insignificant enterprise ...1967 Amer. dial.• PEA-TAD something small and insignificant ...1968 Amer. dial.• PICAYUNEthe name formerly given in Louisiana, Florida, etc., to the Spanish half-real, value 6 1/4 cents or 3 pence; then given to the U.S. 5-cent piece or other coin of small value; hence, a person or thing considered small, mean, or insignificant; something of slight value or trifling importance ...1804 Amer. colloq.• PIMPLE IN A BENT, A † something very minute, small, or trivial ...1807• PIRLIEanything small ...B1900 Sc.• QUDGY something very small ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• QUEEGY something very small ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• QUIDGY something very small ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• SCADYIN anything very small and insignificant ...1884 Ireland• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.• SNICKETa very small piece of anything; anything small and insignificant ...1887 Eng. dial.• TARLOCH any creature or thing small, weak, and worthless of its kind ...Bk1905 Sc.• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596• TITTLE the smallest or a very small part of something; a minute amount ...c1400• WAFFLER anything small or insignificant ...1899 Eng. dial.• YAN† a small thing; a mite ...Bk1905 Sc.• YARKER something very small or delicate; used ironically ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SMALL - nouns, person• AGATE a very small person ...L16 sl.• ANKLE-BITER a small child ...1950s sl., orig. US• ARSEWORM a small or insignificant fellow; an oaf ...17C Brit. sl.• ARSWORM a small or insignificant fellow; an oaf ...17C Brit. sl.• ATTERCOB a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Eng. dial.• ATTERCOPa small, insignificant person ... 742 Sc. & Eng. dial.• BAGREL † a small person with a large belly ...1825 Sc.• BANTAM a short or small man ...Amer. World War I sl.• BANTUM a small but aggressive person • BANTY a small, strutting, conceited person; a small, aggressive person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.• BANTY-COCK a small, conceited person ...1891 Eng. dial.• BIRST a small, impudent person ...Bk1911 Sc. • BLICHAN a small person; a lean, worn-out animal ...Bk1911 Sc.• BLIGHAN a small person; a term of contempt ...Bk1911 Sc.• BOD a dwarf; a person of small size ...Bk1911 Sc.• BOODIE a small and unattractive person; a dwarf ...Bk1911 Sc.• COCK-A-BREEKIE a person of small stature: commonly applied to the male sex ...19C Sc.• DANDIPRAT† a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow ...1556 obs. or arch.• DANDY-PRAT a person of small or insignificant stature; a dwarf ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.• DANDY-SPRAT a person of small or insignificant stature; a dwarf ...1888 Eng. dial.• EDDERCROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Eng. dial.• EDDICROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Eng. dial.• EETION a living creature; a person of small stature ...Bk1900 Sc.• EFA a small, diminutive person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.• ETTERCAP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Sc.• ETTERCROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Eng. dial.• FARTHING-FACED CHIT a small, pinch-faced, insignificant person ...1900s sl.• FUBS† a small chubby person; a plump young person or child; chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1614• HALF-PINT a small person; an ineffectual person, esp. a light-built male; sometimes, a term of endearment for a small child ...M20 US sl.• HATTER-CROPPER a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person ...1742 Eng. dial.• ICTER a small or delicate thing or person ...1918 Amer. dial.• JACK SPRAT an undersized man or boy; a dwarf; a very small man ...c1570• LITTLE BIDDIE an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.• LITTLE BIDDY an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.• LITTLE CASINO a small or inconsequential person; a hanger-on ...1904 US sl.• LITTLE OUTLAW a small, rough child who misbehaves and doesn't obey ...1965 Amer. dial.• LITTLE SCUTTER a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.• LITTLE YERKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.• LITTLE YURKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.• MANNIE an undersized or little man; a term of contempt; a term of endearment for a small boy ...L17 Sc. & Eng. dial.• MANNIKIE a very small man or boy ...1899 Sc.• MANNINS a small man or boy ...Bk1905 Ireland nursery usage• MESSAN a term of contempt for a small, insignificant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• MIDGE a person of diminutive stature; anything very small ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.• MINI-ME a smaller version of someone ...2003 UK sl.• MINIMUSa creature of the smallest size; a dwarf; a small or insignificant person ...1590• MOPSYa diminutive or small person; a doll ...B1900 Eng. dial.• NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc.• NAT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.• NIFF-NAFF a small person; one who has not attained full strength ...1822 Sc.• NYATT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.• OGAGOT a pet term for a little child; a jocular name for a very small person or child ...1897 Sc.• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.• PEANUT a small or insignificant person; also, a term of endearment for a small child ...1915 Amer. dial.• PICAYUNEhe name formerly given in Louisiana, Florida, etc., to the Spanish half-real, value 6 1/4 cents or 3 pence; then given to the U.S. 5-cent piece or other coin of small value; hence, a person or thing considered small, mean, or insignificant; something of slight value or trifling importance ...1804 Amer. colloq.• PIZZIE a small, diminutive person ...1873 Sc.• QUARTERN OF BLISS a small, attractive woman ...c1882 London sl.• RATTEN a person of small stature, often with the idea of dark complexion and a profusion of hair; any small animal of its kind ...B1900 Sc.• SCANTLING a small or puny person ...1857 Sc.• SHRIMP a small person• SIGILLUM * a small figure of a person ...1637• SKEETER a nickname for a man of small build ...Aust. sl.• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.• SNIPPER-SNAPPER † a small, insignificant, conceited fellow; an impertinent youth; an effeminate young fellow ...c1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.• SQUIRM a small, objectionable boy ...c1880 school sl.• SQUIT a small or contemptible person ...a1825 Brit. sl.• TARLE a small, weak person or animal ...Bk1905 Sc.• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596• VENERILLA* a little Venus; a small, beautiful woman ...1621•WHIFFETa small or contemptible person; an insignificant looking person; a lazy boy ...1767 Amer. dial.

SMALL - verbs• FADE† to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink ...1388• LITTLE to make small or insignificant; to make narrow ...1931 Amer. dial.• SCOY to make a thing thin or small ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.• TO-MINISH† to make small, to break up ...1382

SMALL - phrases• HEIGHT OF TEN PENNYWORTH OF BRASS, THE very small: of a child ...Bk2002 Eng. dial.

SMALLPOX - nouns• PAKI POX (derogatory) smallpox ...1960s sl.• PET a scar or protuberance on the skin; a pit or small depression, such as left on the skin by smallpox ...1899 Amer. dial.• POCK, THE smallpox ...M.E.• POCKES syphilis; occasionally for smallpox ...E16

SMART (clever) - nouns, person• BAB the smartest or sprightliest lad or lass in a company ...Bk1911 Sc.• BIRD an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing ...1842 US sl.• BIRK a youth, a smart, young fellow ...1871 Sc.• BIRKIE a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.• BIRKY a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.• BOY a smart, clever, capable fellow; used in derision as well as praise ...Bk1911 Sc.• BRIGHT LIGHT a bright or smart person ...E20 sl.• CHEESE an adept; a smart or clever fellow ...c1860 Brit. school & university sl.• CLEVER-BOOTS a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.• CLEVER-CLOGS a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.• CLEVER DICK a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.• CLEVER STICK a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.• CLEVER-STICKS a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.• MAN OF WAX a smart, clever fellow; a very handsome man; also a term of endearment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• SPUNKIEa spirited, mettlesome, or courageous person; a smart or lively fellow ...1806 Sc.• TACK a clever or smart man ...1972 Amer. dial.

SMART (appearance) - verbs• BESMARTEN to make smart or neat ...Bk1911 Sc.• DANDIFY to give the character or style of a dandy to; to make trim and smart like a dandy ...1823 colloq.• GUSSY UP to smarten up ...sl.• POSH UP to smarten up, to make posh ...1919 sl.• PRUNKto make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with 'up' ...B1900 Sc.• SNAZZ UP to make something smarter and more elegant; to enhance ...1970s Amer. sl.• TITIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805• TITTIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805

SMASH - nouns• CRACKER† a heavy fall; a smash ...c1865 sl.• PIE-UP a crash; a smash ... Amer. World War I sl.• SAUSAGE AND MASH a smash, a car crash ...1950s rhyming sl.

SMASH - verbs• BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.• DEBRUISE† to break down, to break in pieces, to crush, to smash ...1297• DING IN SCOW to smash to pieces ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.• MALLET to smash; to defeat ...1982 Brit. sl.• MASH to apply an injurious blow or pressure to; to crush, to smash, to suffer crushing of some part of the body ...1832 Amer. dial.• PAGGER to break or smash; to wreck ...1979 UK market traders' usage• SCAT to break to pieces; to burst, to split open; to smash; to slap, to beat ...1891 Eng. dial.• SCOW to smash in pieces ...1898 Sc.• TO-BRUISE† to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely ...c1000• TO-FRUSH† to smash or break to pieces; also, to drive violently into something, as with a blow ...c1300•TRANSFISTICATE† to strike or smash with the fist ...1600 humorous nonce word• VANQUASH to smash ...c1626 nonce word

SMEAR - verbs (also see BESMEAR)• BALM† to smear with something resinous or sticky ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.• BESMATTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt ...1715 Eng. dial.• BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt; bespatter, to foul ...1715 Eng. dial.• BESMUDGE to smear, to soil with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.• BESTRIKE†* to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with ...1527• CAGGLE OVER to smear over ...1895 Eng. dial.• CLART to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance ...13C• DECHE† to daub; to smear ...a1000• GOOK UP to smear something slimy or sticky on someone ...1950s sl.• GOOP to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair ...1965 Amer. dial.• GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty ...1954 Amer. dial.• ILLINE†* to smear, to besmear ...1615• ILLITE†* to smear, to anoint ...1657• KAGGLE OVER to smear over ...1895 Eng. dial.• OBLITE†* to smear over; to daub ...1657• OBVISCATE†* to smear over; to smooth as with a slimy coating; to mollify ...1684• SLURRY† to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.• TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty ...1880 Eng. dial.

SMELL - interjections• HAUNA! said when one smells a very bad odour ...1967 Hawaii• PA-SHEW! used of a very bad smell ...1965 Amer. dial.• PSHEW! used of a very bad smell ...1965 Amer. dial.• P.U.! said on smelling a bad smell, as something rotting ...Bk1974 colloq.• SHEW! used of a very bad smell ...1965 Amer. dial.• SHEW, THAT WOULD STINK A DOG OFF A GUT WAGON! used of a very bad smell ...1965 Amer. dial.

SMILE - nouns, person• ALL TITS AND TEETH a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions ...1910s sl.• ALL TITS AND TEETH LIKE A THIRD-ROW CHORUS-GIRL a woman who capitalizes on her physical charms, esp. her smile and breasts (presumably large), to make up for the lack of more subtle attractions ...1910s sl.

SMILE - verbs• BEAM of a person: to smile radiantly ...1893• BLINK to smile, to look kindly, but with a modest eye; generally applied to females ...1899 Amer. dial.• CHEESE to smile, esp. broadly ...c1918 Brit. sl.• FLASH THE IVORY to grin, to smile ...1860 sl.• GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face ...1830s colloq.• HAVE THE DRY-GRINS said of one teased by striving to smile ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE to smile; to look cheerful ...1668 colloq.• SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...18C colloq.• SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT'S READY TO RUN OVER to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...1631 colloq.• SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin ...1994 Jamaica• SMICKER † to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin ...1802 Sc.• SMIRKLEto smirk or smile; to giggle; to laugh in a suppressed manner ...c1590 Sc.• SQUINNYto laugh broadly; to smile or wink ...B1900 Amer.• SUBRIDE†* to smile ...1623

SMOKE - verbs• ARTICHOKE RIPE to smoke a pipe ...c1855 rhyming sl.• BLAST to smoke tobacco ...Bk1911 Sc.• BLOW to smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc.) ...1946 Amer. dial.• BLOW A CLOUD to smoke a pipe ...Bk1890 sl.• BURN to smoke a cigarette ...1929 sl.• COCK ONE'S ORGAN to smoke a pipe ...L18 sl.• DRAG to smoke a cigarette ...1919 sl., orig. US• DUCK ARSE when smoking: to wet the cigarette end with saliva ...1968 UK sl.• FOG to smoke cigarettes ...Bk1974 Amer. dial.• FUNK 1. of an object: to smoke ...L17 sl. 2. to blow smoke on someone ...L17 sl. 3. to smoke a pipe ...L17 sl.• MAKE A CHIMNEY OF ONE'S MOUTH to smoke ...Sc. & Ireland• PULL to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.• PUT ON A CIGAR to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is ...L19 sl.• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.• RAISE A CLOUD to smoke a pipe of tobacco ...L17 sl.• REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam ...1740 Eng. dial.• REEK to smoke, to emit smoke ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.• REEST to smoke; to dry by the heat of the sun or fire ...1805 Sc.• SUFFUMIGATE† to rise in smoke or vapour ...1599• TOBACCONIZE to impregnate with tobacco smoke ...1884• TOBACCONIZE to smoke tobacco ...1876• WALLOW of flame, smoke, vapour: to surge up ...c1374• WALM†* of smoke, vapour, etc.: to swirl, to billow ...1601

SMOKER, SMOKING - nouns, person• BUTT FIEND a heavy smoker ...1967 Amer. dial.• CHIMNEY a person who smokes excessively ...1900 Amer. sl.• CLOUD-COMPELLER a smoker, especially of tobacco ...1865 humorous• CURBIE a smoker who must go out where the cars are parked to light up ...20C teen & high school sl.• FAG-ASH LIL a nickname for a woman who smokes heavily ...L19 sl.• FAGGER a person who smokes ...1920s sl.• FAG HAG a young woman who is a smoker ...1944 Amer. students' sl.• MISOCAPNIST a hater of tobacco smoke ...1839• PUFFER a smoker ...Brit. sl.• SNOUTCAST a smoker, one banished from a building to indulge his habit in the street ...Brit. sl.• TOBACCANALIAN one who indulges in tobacco; a smoker ...1855• TOBACCO-FELLOW† a companion in tobacco-smoking; a fellow smoker ...1616• TOBACCONALIAN a person addicted to tobacco smoking ...1855• TOBACCONER† a smoker of tobacco ...1616• TOBACCONIST† a person addicted to the use of tobacco; a habitual tobacco-smoker ...1599• TOBACCO-WORM one who chews or smokes tobacco to excess; one who uses snuff ...1906 Amer. dial.

SMOKING - nouns• BURN an act of smoking ...1941 sl.• DRAG an act of smoking ...1904 sl.• SMOKE-HO a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed ...1865 Aust. & NZ sl.• SMOKE-O a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed ...1865 Aust. & NZ sl.• SMOKE-OH a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed ...1865 Aust. & NZ sl.• SMOKO a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed ...1865 Aust. & NZ sl.• TOBACCONING† tobacco-smoking ...1616• TOBACCO-ROOM† a room for smoking tobacco; a smoking-room ...1656